{"podcast":{"title":"The Ireland Podcast","slug":"the-ireland-podcast-6592574","podcast_index_feed_id":6592574,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/64e340adddadb00012365278","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-ireland-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/64e340adddadb00012365278/1693559531557-a3e429011c16709063a495507115d15b.jpeg","author":"Salthill Media","episode_count":231,"summary":"About the Podcast The Ireland Podcast is a long-form interview series creating space for unhurried conversation about life on the island of Ireland and beyond. The Conversations Hosted by Fender Jackson and produced by Salthill Media, the podcast centres on listening rather than argument. Each episode features a single guest and allows time for reflection, context, and experience to emerge naturally. Guests include artists, musicians, writers, athletes, broadcasters, historians, and cultural figures whose work or perspective offers insight into place, memory, and lived experience. There is no political or religious agenda. The podcast does not seek to persuade, promote, or argue a position. Instead, it exists as a space for careful dialogue, where complexity is allowed and difference is approached with curiosity rather than confrontation. The Host Fender Jackson grew up in Ulster and later lived in England and China before returning to Ireland and settling in Galway, where most episodes are now recorded. These experiences inform a listening-led, exploratory approach shaped by distance as well as proximity, and by an awareness of how place, movement, and memory intersect. Approach…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T06:19:48.107666+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574"},"episode":{"title":"228. How Brexit Was Negotiated: Prof. Katy Hayward","slug":"228-how-brexit-was-negotiated-prof-katy-hayward","published_at":"2026-07-06T14:30:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/228-how-brexit-was-negotiated-prof-katy-hayward","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-ireland-podcast/episodes/228-how-brexit-was-negotiated-prof-katy-hayward","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64e340adddadb00012365278/e/6a4bbab163f5ae9478f35adc/media.mp3","summary":"How did Brexit move from referendum result to international treaty? In Part 2 of this three-part conversation, Professor Katy Hayward traces the negotiations that reshaped relations between Northern Ireland, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Together we explore Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement, the backstop, Boris Johnson's renegotiation, the Northern Ireland Protocol, the search for technological solutions, and why the Irish border became the central challenge of Brexit. Professor Hayward also discusses the competing priorities of London, Dublin, Brussels and Belfast, and explains why some of the proposed solutions were described as \"unicorns\". This is Part 2 of a three-part series examining Brexit through the eyes of Northern Ireland. Topics include The Irish border dilemma Theresa May and the backstop Boris Johnson's renegotiation The Northern Ireland Protocol The search for alternative arrangements UK–EU negotiations The Good Friday Agreement Northern Ireland after Brexit Relevant Links https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/post-brexit-governance-ni/ https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/brexit-and-beyond/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"How did Brexit move from referendum result to international treaty? In Part 2 of this three-part conversation, Professor Katy Hayward traces the negotiati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3364,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/episodes/228-how-brexit-was-negotiated-prof-katy-hayward/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ireland-podcast-6592574/228-how-brexit-was-negotiated-prof-katy-hayward.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}